WGN Channel 9 - Night Beat with Marty McNeeley (Complete Broadcast, 7/22/1981) 📺

Here's the complete broadcast of another edition of Night Beat with Marty McNeeley on WGN Channel 9.

Includes:

WGN ID (voiceover by Merri Dee)

Opening, followed by these stories:

- Agreement between two unions and Postal Service ensure continuation of mail service but higher rates down road; Drew Scott reports

- At G-7 summit in Canada, President Reagan defends high interest rate policy; other leaders may follow suit in their own countries

- Israel gives permission to U.S. peace envoy Philip Habib to broker cease fire with Palestinians (voiceover by Steve Bosh); meanwhile, Israel loses three tanks at a Southern Lebanese bridge after an assault

- Three bodies of missing American servicemen turned over by North Vietnam, as reported by Charles Quinn

Bumper

Commercial: Volkswagen Rabbit

[REMOVED] - Commercial: Donny & Marie for Hawaiian Punch Wild & Frutti

More news:

- Justice Department to tell Federal judge Chicago's school desegregation plan "not acceptable"; Elizabeth Brackett reports

- Update on Father George Clements' adoption of 13-year-old boy, Joey, as reported by Muriel Clair

- 18-month-old girl and 59-year-old man killed, 2 adults injured in head-on crash at 5300 South on Lake Shore Drive

- Chicago budget director F. Tim Witsman and Comptroller Daniel Grimm selling city transit package on Wall Street in New York, following approval by City Council on Monday

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Commercial: Victory Auto Wreckers (voiceover by Carl Greyson) (can be seen on its own here:    • Victory Auto Wreckers (Commercial, 1981)   )

Commercial: Gaines-Burgers dog food

Commercial: Jeno's Frozen Ravioli (with Stan Freberg)

Back to news...

- Illinois Attorney General's office to decide by Friday whether opening of public aid office at 1871 North Clybourn Avenue can be halted, in wake of WGN investigative report; demonstration reported by Larry Roderick

- Lyric Opera of Chicago founder and former general manager Carol Fox dies at age 57 from heart attack

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Commercial: Certs ("Encounter" at theatre)

Commercial: Raceway Park

- WGN Continental Broadcasting President and CEO Daniel T. Pecaro to take early retirement

- Final preparation for ChicagoFest '81, as chronicled by Joan Esposito

- Winning numbers for Illinois Lottery Daily Game (220)

Another Victory Auto Wreckers commercial (voiceover by Len Johnson)

Commercial: Chun King (for a beautiful body)

Sports report, starting with look at preparations for upcoming U.S. Women's Open, with golfer Sandra Palmer interviewed

- Talks on baseball strike negotiations subjected to news blackout

- Nominees for 1981 Chicago Sports Hall of Fame class announced

- New England Patriots' Russ Francis announces his retirement - at age 27

- Bulls to invite 9 rookies and free agents to camp in October

- A different winner than was thought at Mackinac Yacht Race

- Results of 8th race at Arlington Park announced by Phil Georgeff

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Promo for July 27 issue of People (Bo Derek on cover)

Commercial: Prell shampoo

Marty delivers weather forecast and temperature readings before saying good night

Ending credits:

Night Beat with Marty McNeeley
A Presentation of WGN News
Produced by Forrest Respess
Directed by Susan Petix
Night Beat - (C) 1981 WGN Continental Broadcasting Company

WGN Editorial, delivered by Orion Samuelson

Commercial: Creative Mirrors with Pam

WGN ID (voiceover by Bob Bell)

Late Movie open for "Anastasia" (voiceover by Jack Taylor)

Commercial offer for Time magazine

Commercial: Look n Hear - sale on Panasonic electronics

"Anastasia" bumper slide and first 40 seconds of film

This aired on local Chicago TV early Wednesday, July 22nd 1981.

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